Mama'S Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 2 lb. candied pineapple
• 2 lb. cherries
• 1/2 lb. lemon
• 1/2 lb. orange
• 2 lb. seedless raisins
• 1 lb. currants
• 1 tsp. soda
• 3 tsp. cinnamon
• 3 tsp. allspice
• 3/4 tsp. mace
• 3/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 lb. light brown sugar
• 1 lb. butter
• 1 c. pecans
• 1 c. flour for dredging
• 4 c. flour for mixing
• 1 c. syrup (sorghum)
• 1 c. grape juice
• 1 pt. strawberry preserves

Directions

1. Cream butter in sugar.
2. Beat eggs separately.
3. Add soda, cinnamon, allspice, mace and nutmeg all together with fruit.
4. Bake in 3 tube pans in pressure cooker at 10 pounds pressure for 1 hour.
5. Cook in stove 10 minutes at 300°.
6. (Freezes well.)